MLB owners and players remain in a stalemate over an agreement on a 2020 baseball season, which has been put on hold because of the pandemic.
Both sides had hoped negotiations would be concluded in time for an Opening Day in early July, but as each day passes the two sides are no closer to an agreement.
Today, however, Karl Ravech of ESPN is reporting that MLB owners made a new proposal to the players that reportedly includes a 75 percent prorated salary and a 76 game season that finishes on September 27th..
The new proposal also includes playoff pool money, no draft pick compensation for signing players, and a post season that ends by the end of October.
According to sources this equates to roughly $200 million more in player salaries.
Any optimism was quickly dashed when the Players Association rejected the offer according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today.
The players considered the offer to be worse than the league’s last offer because it shifts greater emphasis on risk sharing in the postseason.
Players would receive 50 percent of pro rata if there is no postseason and 75 percent if there is.
So the bottom line is, still no progress on an agreement.
The outlook for a baseball season in 2020 continues to look bleak as both sides are really digging in.
